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Supreme Court of Victoria Annual Report 2019 20 ANNUAL REPORT 2019–20 ANNUAL REPORT About At a 02 2019–20 the Court Glance Foreword Letter to the Governor To Her Excellency Linda Dessau AC, Governor of the state of Victoria and its dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia. Dear Governor, We, the judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria, have the honour of presenting to you our annual report for the 2019–20 financial year, reporting on the Court’s activities from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Yours sincerely Anne Ferguson The Honourable Chief Justice Supreme Court of Victoria ABOUT THIS REPORT This report is prepared as a requirement under provisions of the Supreme Court Act 1986. It is prepared primarily as a report to the Attorney- General of Victoria on Court activities. The report also provides information for Supreme Court users and others with an interest in the Court. ENQUIRIES AND FEEDBACK For enquiries on the report or to provide feedback, email: [email protected] ISSN: 1839-9215 (online) Published by the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia March 2021 © Supreme Court of Victoria This report is published on the Court’s website: supremecourt.vic.gov.au Court Work of Additional Leadership and 03 Snapshot the Court Court services Governance Appendices Goal To be a modern superior court that is accessible to and trusted by all, fulfilling a fundamental role in our democratic society. Purpose To serve the community by upholding the law through just, independent and impartial decision making and dispute resolution. Attributes Our goal and purpose are underpinned by the following values: – excellence – equality (before the law) – accessibility – integrity and transparency – timeliness and efficiency – certainty and clarity – innovation and change – courtesy and respect – unity and wellbeing. About the Supreme Court of Victoria The Supreme Court hears some of the of criminal and civil cases decided in most serious criminal cases and most the County Court of Victoria or Supreme complex civil cases in the State of Court Trial Division and some VCAT Victoria. It also hears some appeals appeals. Most appeals require permission from Victorian courts and tribunals. from the Court of Appeal before they The Court has two divisions, the Trial can be heard. Division and the Court of Appeal. The chief executive officer oversees The Trial Division is made up of the administrative functions of the three divisions: the Criminal Division, Court. These functions include the Court the Commercial Court and the Common of Appeal Registry, the Supreme Court Law Division. It hears serious criminal registries, the Probate Office, Juries cases, including murder and terrorism, Victoria, the Law Library of Victoria and and civil cases involving significant Court administration. The Funds in Court injuries, large monetary claims and operates as a discrete Office of the Court complex legal issues, and other serious under the direction of the Senior Master. matters. It also hears appeals from the While most cases are heard in Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, the Melbourne, the Supreme Court is a court Children’s Court of Victoria, the Coroners for all Victorians, regularly travelling on Court of Victoria and the Victorian Civil circuit to hear cases across the entire and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). state. The Court of Appeal determines whether a trial was conducted fairly and the law was correctly applied. It hears appeals ANNUAL REPORT About At a 04 2019–20 the Court Glance Foreword At a glance CONTENTS 05 57 AT A GLANCE ADDITIONAL Cases Snapshot 06 COURT SERVICES Funds in Court 58 Services Snapshot 09 Juries Victoria 63 Joint Foreword: Chief Justice and Law Library Chief Executive Officer 10 of Victoria 65 12 67 COURT SNAPSHOT LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE 16 69 WORK OF THE COURT APPENDICES Court of Appeal 17 Financial Information 70 Criminal Division 20 Judicial Officers of the Supreme Court 72 Commercial Court 25 Court Locations 74 Common Law Division 31 Contact Details 75 Associate Judges’ Chambers 39 Judicial Mediation 42 Costs Court 44 Registry and Court Support Services 47 Office of the Prothonatory 52 Probate Office 53 Corporate Services 55 Court Work of Additional Leadership and 05 Snapshot the Court Court Services Governance Appendices At a glance AT A GLANCE ANNUAL REPORT About At a 06 2019–20 the Court Glance Foreword Cases The Court’s performance is measured by its: Snapshot 1 2 Clearance rate On-time case processing Cases finalised in a given Percentage of cases period, expressed as a finalised within 12 and percentage of cases initiated. 24 months of initiation. Total caseload Total cases 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 6,670 6,543 -1.9% Finalisations 6,608 6,626 0.3% Pending 5,087 4,981 -2.1% Clearance rate and on-time case processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 99% 101% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 74% 72% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 89% 87% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 11% 13% 0% Case backlog 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Pending >12 months 34% 32% 20% Pending >24 months 17% 14% 5% Court file integrity 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Court file integrity 89% 91% 90% Court Work of Additional Leadership and 07 Snapshot the Court Court Services Governance Appendices In addition, the Court reports on the Variance is the percentage difference quality of its court files, known as between 2018–19 and 2019–20 figures. 3 court file integrity. This is the percentage Benchmark is a standard that the Court Case backlog of case files that meet established measures its performance against. standards of availability, accuracy and Length of time that Differences between figures contained completeness, as determined through cases to be finalised in this report, compared to the 2017–19 a process of random audits. Court have been pending. annual report, are due to further file integrity is critical to ensuring refinement of the Court’s statistics proceedings are managed efficiently. after their publication. Court of Appeal Total cases – Court of Appeal 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 450 361 -19.8% Finalisations 372 400 7.5% Pending 316 277 -12.3% Civil cases – Court of Appeal 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 153 121 -20.9% Finalisations 129 140 8.5% Pending 108 89 -17.6% Civil cases – Court of Appeal – clearance rate and on-time case processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 85% 116% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 88% 68% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 99% 100% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 1% 0% 0% Criminal cases – Court of Appeal 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 297 240 -19.2% Finalisations 243 260 7.0% Pending 208 188 -9.6% Criminal cases – Court of Appeal – clearance rate and on-time processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 82% 108% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 87% 64% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 100% 100% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 0% 0% 0% ANNUAL REPORT About At a 08 2019–20 the Court Glance Foreword Trial Division Total cases – Trial Division – civil and criminal 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 6,017 5,968 -1% Finalisations 6,035 6,013 0% Pending 4,712 4,667 -1% Criminal Division – trials and pleas 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 100 91 -9% Finalisations 121 109 -10% Pending 104 86 -17% Criminal Division – clearance rate and on-time case processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 121% 120% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 65% 52% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 97% 83% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 3% 17% 0% Commercial Court – cases summary 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 2,727 2,570 -5.8% Finalisations 2,916 2,876 -1.4% Pending 1,874 1,568 -16.3% Commercial Court – clearance rate and on-time case processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 106.9% 111.9% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 82.0% 82.3% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 90.7% 88.4% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 9.3% 11.6% 0% Common Law Division – cases summary 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Initiations 2,848 2,993 5.1% Finalisations 2,645 2,732 3.3% Pending 2,617 2,878 10.0% Common Law Division – clearance rate and on-time case processing 2018–19 2019–20 Benchmark Clearance rate 92.9% 91.3% 100% Cases finalised within 12 months 59.6% 59.3% 75% Cases finalised within 24 months 82.7% 82.1% 90% Cases finalised >24 months 17.3% 17.9% 0% Court Work of Additional Leadership and 09 Snapshot the Court Court Services Governance Appendices Judicial Mediations 2018–19 2019–20 Variance Cases referred for mediation 545 691 27% Mediations completed 372 405 9% Cases resolved on day of mediation 227 236 4% Percentage of cases resolved on day of mediation 61% 58% -3% Number of hearing days saved 1,206 1,209 0.2% Services snapshot Registry Services 2018-19 2019-20 Counter enquiries answered1 8,159 5,9652 Self-represented litigants – enquiries answered 3,480 5,094 Subpoenas issued 3,735 3,571 Probate Office 2018-19 2019-20 Counter enquiries answered 16,271 13,261 Grants of probate 18,221 19,729 Wills deposited with Probate Office for safekeeping 254 247 Small estates grants 33 69 Funds in Court 2018-19 2019-20 Money paid into Court ($ millions) $152 $164 Money paid out of Court ($ millions) $77 $117 Total value of funds under administration, including real estate ($ billions) $2.024 $1.96 Law Library of Victoria 2018-19 2019-20 Queries, visitors, tours and training attendees 46,577 33,8563 Website visits and database usage 1,961,745 2,206,125 Users’ satisfaction with the Library and its services 99% 100% Judgments published on the Library website 1,153 1,088 Juries Victoria4 2018-19 2019-20 Citizens randomly selected 222,982 127,055 Jurors summonsed 59,929 38,306 Jury trials5 524 232 Community Engagement6 2018-19 2019-20 Website page views 2,809,938 3,118,713 Social media followers (Twitter and Facebook) 20,212 21,960 Downloads of Gertie’s Law podcasts 75,808 233,717 Visitors at community open days 1,500 2,000 Court education program participants 6,000 4,000 Finances7 2018-19 2019-20 Total operating revenue $93,215 $96,275 Total operating expenses $92,397 $98,751 Net result from transactions (net operating balance) $818 ($2,476) 1 Principal Registry.
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